Five or six years ago, he told me that he was still selling about a hundred V8 Vega swap kits a year. A startling admission, since he abandoned manufacturing for the hot rod market decades ago.

That’s how Gateway Classic cars in Detroit describes this 1976 Chevrolet Vega, which is hiding a 350 cubic-inch V8 under its hood. The V8 replaces the vehicle’s stock four-cylinder engine and ...

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Under the hood of this chopped-up Vega beats a small-block Chevy V8 of 327 cubic inches, good for 275 horsepower and fitted with a new Holley carb. It’s paired with a Turbo 350 automatic ...

To this effect, the 5.7-liter LS1 V8, out of a non-ZO6 C5 Corvette, is just about the perfect engine to turn this old Vega into a true-to-form restomod. Using a set of custom-fabricated engine ...

In place of the 304 V8, each car boasted a 225-horsepower AMC ... and Ford had the resources to design their compacts in the Vega and the Pinto, AMC was far from cash-flush. The smaller automaker ...

As such, the Vega nameplate has generally carried a negative ... Of course, under the hood lies the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LS3 gasoline engine, which is mated to a Tremec five-speed manual ...

Through 1957, the Vega received ever more powerful versions of Chrysler’s V8 and the company’s three-speed Torqueflite transmission. By 1958, it had been restyled, equipped with the 361-cid ...

Then we have the Facel Vega, a French-built luxury car with a Chrysler-made Hemi V8 under the hood. These cars are not only hard to find nowadays, but they're also expensive. It could be because ...

With its experience of crafting beautiful coachwork, Facel had not trouble dreaming up and building an elegant shell for its new Vega, but next came the question of how to give it the power to ...

Five or six years ago, he told me that he was still selling about a hundred V8 Vega swap kits a year. A startling admission, since he abandoned manufacturing for the hot rod market decades ago.